Editing Parallel curve (section)

== Further examples ==
[[File:Evolvente-kreis.svg|thumb|Involutes of a circle]]
*The [[involute]]s of a given curve are a set of parallel curves. For example: the involutes of a circle are parallel spirals (see diagram).

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* A [[parabola]] has as (two-sided) offsets [[rational curve]]s of degree 6.
* A [[hyperbola]] or an [[ellipse]] has as (two-sided) offsets an [[algebraic curve]] of degree 8.
* A [[Bézier curve]] of degree {{mvar|n}} has as (two-sided) offsets [[algebraic curve]]s of degree {{math|4''n'' − 2}}. In particular, a cubic Bézier curve has as (two-sided) offsets algebraic curves of degree 10.